A civil action may be brought in the name of the State: 1. Against a person who usurps, intrudes into, or unlawfully holds or exercises, a public office, civil or military, except the office of Assemblyman, Assemblywoman or State Senator, or a franchise, within this state, or an officer in a corporation created by the authority of this state. 2. Against a public officer, civil or military, except the office of Assemblyman, Assemblywoman or State Senator, who does or suffers an act which, by the provisions of law, works a forfeiture of the office. 3. Against an association of persons who act as a corporation within this state without being legally incorporated. [1911 CPA § 714; RL § 5656; NCL § 9203]—(NRS A 1971, 660)
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